Blotter attachment.



No. 779,274. PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

J. W. GRAEMB.

BLOTTBR. ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION IILED IAY 12, 1904.

INVENTOH 13% 8' H v J ygak [761m A TTORIVE Y8 UNITED STATES PatentedJanuary 3, 1805.

PATENT OFFICE.

BLOTTER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,274, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed May 12, 1904. Serial No. 297,675.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JosEPHVVRIeHT GEAEME, a citizen of the UnitedStates, of the United States Navy, stationed at Washington, in theDistrict of Columbia, have made certain new and useful Improvements inBlotter Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in blotter attachments for books; andthe invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of a book opened andprovided'with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the blotterattachment provided with a single blotter. Fig. 3 is a face view of abook opened and provided with my improvements arranged somewhatdifferently from the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: is aface view of a book opened and provided with my improvement, the bookbeing shown in the form ofa pad. Fig. 5 shows a somewhat difierentarrangement of the blotting attachment, and Figs. 6 and 7 are face viewsshowing still different face views within the broad principles of myinvention. Fig. 8 is a detail edge view showing the preferredway ofconnecting the blotter with the hinge piece or carrier. Fig. 9 is aperspective view, showing a second blotter-section hinged to one sideedge instead of to the outer end edge of the main blotter-section; andFig. 10 shows two blotter-sections hinged together at their meeting sideedges, one of the blotters being hinged at one end to the book-cover.

My blotter attachment is used in connection with books, and I do notdesire to be limited strictly to permanently-bound books or books inwhich the leaves are permanently held in place, but desire to include insuch term book pads, tablets, and the like, including check-books forbank use, which are provided with leaves and with backs or covers.

, In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the book A may be of any ordinaryconstruction, having the leaves B and the cover (1. To the cover C, Iconnect by a hinge connection D one edge of a swinging carrier D, thehinge connection D being on a median linethat is to say,in suchconstruction midway between the edges C and C of the cover C. Thisswinging carrier D is of such size relatively to the cover or back Cthat when swung upwardly toward the edge C or downwardly toward the edgeC of the back it will approximately coincide with the edge B or the edgeB of the leaves of the book, so that the blotter section or sheet E,which is hinged at E at one edge to the outer swinging edge of thecarrier D, may be turned when in the position shown in Fig. 1 to presentone side to blot the page facing the back of the book or may be turnedover the sheet to blot by its other side the page on the opposite sideof the face of said sheet, or the attachment may be swung downwardlyfrom the position shown in Fig. 1 to the dotted-line position indicatedin said figure to operate from the lower edge C of the back instead offrom the upper edge of said back, as before described. In theconstruction shown in Fig. 1 I provide a second blotter-sheet F, whichhas ahinge connection F at its inner edge with the outer edge of theblotter-sheet E, forms an extension of such blotter-sheet E, and may beused jointly with or as supplemental to the said sheet, as will bereadily understood. In this construction, as shown in Fig. 1, it may bedesirable in some instances to make the swinging carrier D of blottingor bibulons paper, so it can also be used for blotting purposes, or itmay be preferred to make the swinging carrier D of cotton or othertextile material reinforced by a card or other sheet in orderto renderit comparatively stiff.

The construction shown in Fig. 2 is similar to that shown in Fig. 1,except that in Fig. 2 the extension-sheet F is omitted.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 3 is similar to that shown in Fig.2, except that in Fig. 3 the axis of the hinge-joint in Fig. 3 isparallel with the axis 6 of the cover of the book 6 shown in saidfigure, while in Figs.

1 and 2 the axis of the hinge-joint between the carrier and the book isat a right angle to the axis of the cover of the book. I

In Fig. 4 the construction is substantially the same as that shown inFig. 2, except that the book in Fig. I is in the form of a pad insteadof a book proper, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5 I show a construction especiallyadapted for books which are approximately square. In this con structionthe hinge connection at G, between the swinging carrier G and the backof the book, is arranged on a median line between two opposite cornersof the book-back, or, in other words, extends diagonally to instead ofparallel with or at a right angle to the axis of the book, asillustrated in the other figures of the drawings. In this constructionthe blotter-sheet H, which is hinged at its inner side to the outer edgeof the swinging carrier G, is arranged to proximately coincide witheither of two edges IL 71. of the back of the book in the dilferentadjustments of the blotter, as will be understood from the full anddotted lines in the said Fig. 5 of the drawings.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I show blotter attachments in which the inner sectionsI and z' constitute the swinging carrier and have hinged connections atI and 2" at their inner edges with the book-covers and have the outer orblotter-sheets I hinged at their inner edges at I 71", in connectionwith the swinging carrier I or i, the latter being illustrated as ofblotting or bibulous paper. This construction shown in Fig. 6 will befound useful, as it may be employed for blotting two opposite pages atonce without closing the book.

The construction as shown is simple, easily applied, and will be foundefficient in use.

In applying the invention for use in pads such, for instance, as shownin Figs. 3 and L- the axis of the flexible or swinging carrier may beeither parallel with or at a right angle to the hinge of the cover,while in books as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the axis of the hingeconnection between the swinging carrier and the cover is preferably at aright angle to the hinge of the cover in order to fully utilize bothsides of the blotter.

In Fig. 8 I show the preferred way of forming the hinge connection, thisbeing by splitting the edge of the blotter and applying mucilage to theinside of the \I thus formed and inserting the flexible hinge portionand pressing the sections of the blotter onto the same, this operationbeing comparatively simple, as most blotters are now made laminated.This construction is especially advantageous, as it obviates exposingthe muslin on either side of the blotter, and so avoids any smearing ofthe writing to be blotted.

In Fig. 9 I show a variation of the construction shown in Fig. 1 and inwhich Fig. 9 the second blotter-section is hinged to the side edge ofthe first blotter instead of to the end thereof.

Fig. 10 shows a variation of the construction shown in Fig. 7,consisting in hinging the second blotter-sheet to the side edge insteadof to the end of the first blotter-sheet.

Both of the constructions shown in Figs. 9 and 10 enable me to blot bothpages of a book at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a book of the leaves and the cover, a swingingcarrierhaving a hinge connection at one edge with the cover on a medianline, a blotter-sheet having a hinge connection with the outer swingingedge of the swinging carrier and arranged to approximately coincide witheither of two edges of the leaves of the book in the diifer entadjustments of the blotter, and a second blotter-sheet having a hingeconnection at one edge with the said first blotter, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of the book, the carrier having a hinge connection atone edge with the book on a median line, and the blotter having a hingeconnection with another edge of said carrier, the blotter at its hingeconnection with the carrier being arranged to approximately coincidewith either of two edges of the book in the different adjustments of theblotter.

3. The improvement in books, tablets, 860., comprising in combinationthe back, the leaves, a blotter, and a swinging carrier hinged at oneedge to the back on a median line, the blotter being hinged to the otheror swinging edge of the carrier and adjustable in different positions toapproximately coincide with either one of two edges of the leaves,substantially as set forth.

4:. A blotting attachment for books comprising a swinging carrier havinga hinged connection at one edge with the book, and a plurality of hingedblotter-sheets carried by the outer swinging edge of the carrier.

5. A blotting attachment comprising a plurality of blotter-sheets hingedtogether at their meeting edges and a swinging carrier for saidblotter-sheet, having a hinged connection with the book on a medianline.

JOSEPH WRIGHT GRAEME.

Witnesses:

SoLoN (J. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN.

